India and the World

Any outcome statement that describes itself as non-binding and as one that “hopefully contributes to the evolution of the internet governance ecosystem” sets itself up to being judged harshly by …

In determining whether or not it is necessary to revisit India’s nuclear doctrine it would be relevant to examine how it evolved, its main features, the reasons behind the calls to revisit it and the factors which militate against so doing.

In an indication that India’s relations with Pakistan are heading for a rough patch under a likely BJP government in New Delhi, India’s chief opposition asked Islamabad not to meddle in its internal affairs after a Pakistani minister said that the party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will “destabilise regional peace.” In remarks that are seen widely as intrusive and distasteful in India, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan’s comments that Modi, if elected o power, will destabilise regional peace, elicited sharp reaction from the BJP, with the ruling Congress also registering its outrage.

It’s a journey without frontiers. Thirty people, 19 countries, one common mission: honing in on the art of holding elections and keeping the democratic fire burning.

India and the European Union share an extremely important trade relationship. The value of India-EU trade has more than tripled, to €95 billion in 2013 from €28.6 billion in 2003. …

Against the backdrop of intermittent attacks on peacekeepers around the conflict-hit regions in the world, India, the third largest contributor to UN peacekeeping missions, has made a spirited pitch for fast-tracking reforms of the security institutions linked to the UN.